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English
Etymology
From Latin praeludium .
Pronunciation
Noun
preludium (plural preludiums or preludia )
( now rare ) prelude , portent
1563 , Iohn Foxe, “Book 5”, in Actes and Monuments of theſe latter and perillous dayes , London: Iohn Day, page 1006 :[ …] and ſo the dyſputation beganne, ſette a woꝛke by the Prolocutor with a verye ſhoꝛte pꝛæludium .
1717 , Catcott, Samuel Croxall , John Dryden , Nicholas Rowe , Temple Stanyan , “Book XIII”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. , London: Jacob Tonson , , →OCLC , page 445 :This Menelaus knows, expos'd to ſhare / With me the rough Preludium of the War.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Probably from Latin praeludium
Noun
preludium n (definite singular preludiet , indefinite plural preludier , definite plural preludia or preludiene )
( music ) a prelude
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Probably from Latin praeludium
Noun
preludium n (definite singular preludiet , indefinite plural preludium , definite plural preludia )
( music ) a prelude
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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Präludium , from Italian preludio , from Latin prae-ludo .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /prɛˈlu.djum/
Rhymes: -udjum
Syllabification: pre‧lu‧dium
Noun
preludium n
( music ) prelude ( short, free-form piece of music, serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece )
( music ) prelude ( short, stand-alone piece of music )
prelude ( introductory or preliminary performance or event )
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Further reading
preludium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
preludium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin praeludium , cognate with German Präludium , based on praeludere , used in Swedish since 1734 (or perhaps 1615).
Noun
preludium n
a prelude , an opening , an introduction (in music and literature)
a preparation , a sign of things to come
Såsom ett preludium till jul ingår ju första adventssöndagen. As a prelude to Christmas comes the first Sunday of Advent.
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